Training (demi)

She's always there in my corner her eyes are always watching me. When I turn and look at her she smiles at me nervously. She hates boxing well she hates me doing it, she always makes sure that I see her always in my perifials. Whether I am jump roping I can always see her, shadow boxing it's the same, yet even when its sparring shes in my line of sight. Which I can say sparring is rough ducking jabbing hitting and keeping my distance. My trainer hates it when I stand my ground and try to brawl it out he gets mad at me constantly screaming "you have long arms keep your distance with them" it's not like I dont try to it's just sometimes we get to close I mean i still have enough power in my punches, but I get his point. I remember him shouting "you Americans and your always trying to street fight". Which didnt annoy me but he did have a point about that.

I like sparring more then anything else I mean shadow boxing is fun but I want to know if what I am doing will work.

But the whole gym knows her name and when they see her they know I am there. She bites her lip and taps her leg when she sees me in the ring. I dont let her nervousness get to me. In fact I keep my head up tall and my defenses high so she can see that I know what I am doing and she doesnt have to worry.

Yet she does. I get to the gym first, though she tries to beat me there but the few times she does and when she does she always wraps my hands I dont like it when she does it yet she always does it. When she does I stay very still because I know she is trying her hardest I smile when she finishes and start to train. She always asks me for a kiss, and I always do. She sits close to me when i am doing my stretches, sometimes it bugs me, yet I let her do it because I know this is what she likes.

My training is never easy 90 percent of the time is me spent being yelled at by the trainer "stop biting your mouth piece" "keep your guard up" "your fight is in less then a week cut more weight" "keep your guard up" "dont drink the water use it for rinsing" "snap your jab more" "stay focus" "watch your footwork". Its exhausting, he does praise me but there is always something I can do better.

Yet she doesnt say much, when i change to do my roadwork she always hugs me from behind and says something in cute in japanese, "dont keep me waiting" "hurry back" "I'll miss you". Things that keep me motivated, during my running my mind is blank and all I can hear is the music in my ear "sex" by Eden. When I return to the gym she brings me water though I never ask she brings me water. I feel bad when she does this it's like she is treating us like a anime which is cute yet I feel bad about. It's like she thinks I'm going to leave her behind and forget about her. She knows that all I can do is the amateur circuit I cant go pro that's way to much on the body.

Yet she supports me and always does this. She'll carry my bag home despite me always fighting her for it, and when we get back to the house I do light exercises which she hates because she thinks I'm going overboard. So I explained to her my next fighter isn't a joke he looks like he can hit pretty hard so I need to be able to withstand his hits and come back. She argues with me that I should stick to graphic design, I told I will when I retire. Those words are always repeated, she fears for me and yet I tell her the truth. I go to the gym everyday after work, and on my days off, she'll always accompanying me no matter what, and is always nervous about me getting hurt, I tell her to go out with her friends and enjoy the downtime from basketball yet she'd rather sit in the gym watching me train for Saturdays fight.